Boca Police arrest carjacking suspects

Detectives from the Boca Raton Police Services Department charged three suspects with carjacking and robbing two women late Thursday evening.

The victims said they parked their car on Spanish River Blvd and began walking to the beach when they were approached by three males at around 11:00 PM.

The victims said one suspect pulled out a handgun and demanded their purses and keys. The two other suspects took other property from the victims, including purses and sweaters. The three then fled the area in the victim’s black Hyundai Elantra.

Boca Raton Police dispatchers quickly put an alert out to surrounding communities and within an hour, Delray Beach police officers located and stopped the stolen vehicle. Three suspects were identified and a loaded handgun and the victim’s property were recovered.

All three suspects were positively identified and charged with Carjacking with a Firearm and Robbery with a Firearm. A fourth person in the car was released.